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Property maintenance efforts during COVID-19

Recognizing the importance of property maintenance, and in response to questions from the community, the City of St. Catharines is providing some clarity about lawn maintenance, landscaping, and construction.

Landscaping and lawn care businesses that are providing services strictly for safety, security or sanitation purposes will be permitted. These services include lawn cutting and spraying. This is to ensure that properties remain safe, property standards are met and that grass is maintained...

Learn at home with virtual tours and programs at the St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre

Educators may not be able to take students on a field trip to the St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre right now, but they can take them on a virtual tour.

As students continue to learn online during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the museum remains closed, staff at the museum have started to offer free, private, booked virtual school and educational programs and tours.

“Our engaging and experienced staff have been leading audiences through programming and tours online since mid-March, and we’re...

Kitchen fire underscores importance of cooking fire safety

After a kitchen fire late Monday afternoon put one resident in hospital with burns to their hands and face, the City’s Fire Chief is reminding residents to remain vigilant when cooking.

The fire occurred just before 4 p.m. in the north end of the city when an unattended pot of cooking oil ignited in the kitchen of a basement apartment. Occupants of an upstairs apartment alerted the basement resident who left the building. Both the basement resident and another occupant re-entered the building and...

Residents reminded to observe open air burning by-law

With the advent of warm weather, and continued community cooperation in social distancing and staying home to reduce the spread of COVID-19, hanging out in the backyard is becoming a popular way to pass time at home.

While spending time in one’s backyard can be a healthy way to relax and share time with other members of the household, St. Catharines Fire Services would like to remind residents that a backyard fire shouldn’t be a part of a night spent outdoors.

Open air burning in the urban area contravenes...